Edited by Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, the Netherlands and Chairman of the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Brussels, Belgium and Song Ying, Professor of International Law, Peking University, P.R. China

• Contents:1. Introduction and Editorial PrefaceMichael Faure and Song YingPART I: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND CONVENTIONS2. Cluster-Litigation in Cases of Transboundary Environmental HarmAndré Nollkaemper 3. The Role of International Conventions in Solving Transboundary Pollution DisputesJames Harrison4. Transboundary Vessel-Source Marine Pollution – International Legal Framework and its Application to ChinaWang Hui5. ILC Proposal on the Role of Origin State in Transboundary DamageGou HaiboPART II: NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN A TRANSBOUNDARY LEGAL CONTEXT6. Applying National Liability Law to Transboundary Pollution: Some Lessons from Europe and the United StatesMichael Faure and Gerrit Betlem7. The Joint Governance of Transboundary River Basins: Some Observations on the Role of LawMarjan Peeters8. A New Look at Environmental Impact Assessments: Using Customary Law to Prevent Domestic and Transboundary Environmental DamageJack Jacobs9. Transboundary Environmental Crimes: An Analysis of Chinese and European LawThomas RichterPART III: THE SONGHUA RIVER POLLUTION CASE10. Reflections from the Transboundary Pollution of Songhua RiverWang Jin, Huang Chiachen and Yan Houfu11. Pondering Over the Incident of Songhua River Pollution from the Perspective of Environmental LawWang Canfa, Yu Wen-xuan, Li Dan and Li Jun-hong12. International Legal Aspect of the Songhua River IncidentSong YingPART IV: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS13. Comparative and Concluding RemarksMichael Faure and Song YingIndex

'Few countries are likely to have a more important global environmental role in coming years than the People's Republic of China. Professors Faure and Song have prepared a remarkable collection of essays that provide valuable insight on one key aspect: China's engagement with issues of liability for environmental damage at the domestic and international levels. There is much to be learnt from the pages of this commendable, rich and accessible work.'